Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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Faculty REBECCA BOYETT, B.A., Ouchita College, has done grad- uate work at Arizona State College and the University of Montana. Mrs. Boyett returned to Duncan this year to re- sume her duties as teacher of speech and senior and fresh- man English and sponsor of the Future Teachers of America and the Freshman Class. After teaching from 1959 to 1962 in Duncan, she had taught for two years in California. H.T. CLOTHIER, B.A., Bethany College. M.A., Colorado State, Greeley, has taught in Duncan since 1931. His subjects are art, typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping. He sponsors the Girls Athletic Club, the Junior Class, and coaches tennis and volleyball. VERA POWER DULL, B.A., M.A., University of Arizona, teaches Spanish and junior English. She is sponsor of the Spanish Club, National Honor Society, and Junior Class. She has completed six years at Duncan High. CHARLES HICKS, B.A. in Ed., Ball State Teachers College, came to Duncan in 1950 and has been guidance counselor in the high school for four years. He teaches physical education also, and is advisor to the Student Council. LEONARD L. HILL, B.S., Panhandle Agriculture and Me- chanins College, Okla., teaches industrial arts and general math. He has finished a second year of teaching at Duncan, and for two years has been head baseball coach. He is as- sistant football coach, assistant basketball coach, and Fresh- man Class sponsor. TOM HOLDS WORTH, B.A., Muskingum College, is a new- comer from Ohio. He came to Duncan to replace Coach Floyd Chapman as teacher of American Government and phy- sical education, and as head football coach. He and his wife, Betsy, welcomed their first baby, Jill Louise, “a future cheer leader, ’ on October 1, 1964. DEAN HONSINGER, B.S. and M.S. in Ed., Southwestern State, Weatherford, Okla., studied last summer under the National Science Foundation at Colorado State. He teaches chemistry and biology; sponsors the Senior Class; is head basketball coach; and assists with football. REEVES KNOWLTON, B.S. in Ed., Arizona State College, teaches economics, American history, and world history. This was his first year at Duncan High Scnool. Besides his wife, Eva, his family includes Michael, a freshman, and four younger children. 20

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Administration FLOYD D. CHAPMAN, Principal DOUGLAS BRUBAKER, Superintendent Mr. Chapman Heads Duncan High School A graduate of Duncan High School in the class of 1949, Floyd D. Chapman returned to coach and teach at Duncan High in 1957. In 1964, he was named principal. Among Mr. Chapman’s duties is that of keeping the Wildkats in line. Their be- havior, activities, and scholastic achievements are carefully checked by him. Completing his 27th year of service to Duncan schools is Douglas Brubaker, superintendent. As head of the elemen- tary school, he has the task of controlling about 575 students. With his work as superintendent comes the responsibility of seeing to it that the schools together function smoothly. As vice-president ex-officio of the Parent-Teacher As- sociation, Superintendent Brubaker presents to P.T.A. President Carmen Garcia a plaque won by the Duncan chapter for the highest percentage of membership in- crease in Arizona in 1963-64. Vice-President LeRoss Jones is at left. 19

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Faculty Mrs. Boyett returns and four others join staff for teaching, coaching. T.M. PACE, B.S., New Mexico State University, has taught for nine years at Duncan High School. His subject is voca- tional agriculture, and he has taught classes in general science also. He is sponsor of the Future Farmers of America. IVAN RICHARDSON, B.S., Brigham Young University,came to Duncan in 1964 to teach mathematics and physics. He has studied also at Eastern Arizona Junior College and at Wes- tern New Mexico University. He commuted daily this year from Lordsburg, N.M., where he is engaged in busi- ness. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson are the parents of eight children. The three youngest attend Lordsburg schools. SHIRLEY RIDENHOUR, B.S., Utah State University, Logan, is a Duncan High graduate, with the class of 1952. Her teaching field is homemaking, and she is sponsor of the Future Homemakers of America and of the Sophomore Class. Her family includes her husband, Dale, and two children, Loren, four, and Karen, three. J. W. SANTEE, B.S., Bethany College, has completed 35 years of service at Duncan High. His major field is music, and he is director of the band and of all choral activities in the high school. He is Sophomore Class sponsor. NATHALIE VAN GUNDY, B.A., Monmouth College, M.S., University of Illinois, teaches sophomore English and jour- nalism, and is librarian. She is a sponsor of the Senior Class. The three gentlemen in these pictures represent the fun that teachers can have, and the hard work they perform. LEFT: Mr. Hill and Mr. Honsinger enjoy a joke at a faculty party. RIGHT: Mr. Richardson carefully types one of his many tests--algebra, geometry, physics? Who knows? 21